A land unknown to the world, a land by itself on the edge
of the earth, a land inhabited by unknown people, such was Australia before the
British explorer Captain James Cook explored it and claimed it for England's
King George III. England made immediate good use of this new mysterious
land. They shipped ships and ships full of convicts to the land down under
to build settlements and ports for passing ships. A failure at first due
to the infertile land and the unfamiliar climate, the colony and settlement soon
boomed to become industrialized and became cities. Liberated from Great
Britain on January 1 1901, Australia boomed as a country participating in WWI
and WWII. Originating as a continent for convicts and passing ships,
Australia is now one of the most prosperous countries on the planet.